#timothy wayne

[multiverseworm]

Why I think Tim Drake finds himself identified with the plot of The Breakfast Club.

(This is a follow up on my previous post about the Batfamily Letterboxd reviews)

I do believe Tim would not only find the film to be boring at first when Steph suggests that the family should watch it during their famous family nights, but he would also find himself unable to accept the emotional wreckage he would just have experienced after finishing it.

Let me explain.

It could be argued that the Batfamily dynamics, most specifically, the siblings ones could be represented by the characters in the movie, as well as their personalities and experiences.

However, I would like to take this a step further and say that each member of The Breakfast Club, the struggles, masks, and both personal and interpersonal relationships represent a stage of what Tim has got to go through in his life. Let’s go through each:

• Claire Standish (The Princess):

Claire comes from a wealthy family and is part of the popular crowd. She is used to being admired but also feels isolated because of the pressures that come with her social status. Underneath, she is insecure and deeply unhappy. She also feels like she is only valued for her looks and status.

Stage> Tim’s pre-Robin life.

Tim came from a wealthy family, but he wasn’t spoiled or arrogant. His parents were often away on business, which left him feeling emotionally neglected. He had money, but not much real connection with others. Making him feel unhappy and unfulfilled.

• Allison Reynolds (The Basket Case):

Allison is an outsider who has no real friends and is used to being ignored. She suffers from extreme loneliness and neglect since her parents completely ignore her. She has no sense of identity and feels invisible. She doesn’t actually have a reason to be in detention, she just showed up because she had nothing better to do. Throughout the movie, Allison opens up to the others and shows a more vulnerable side. Claire gives her a makeover, which symbolizes her desire to be noticed.

Stage> Tim decides to be Robin.

Tim had always been a very intelligent and observant child, regardless of his lack of interaction with others, he could study them quite well. When this trait helps him find who Batman and Nightwing are, and uses that same skill to find them and make himself heard despite this being something he is not used to doing. The mantle of Robin becomes his makeover.

• Brian Johnson (The Brain):

Brian is a top student, likely in advanced classes. He’s an overachiever who is socially awkward and desperate for approval. He wants to fit in but doesn’t know how. His self-worth is entirely tied to his grades and academic success. His parents pressure him to be perfect, and he feels like a failure when he falls short. He was given detention for bringing a flare gun to school after failing shop class, his first real academic failure. This hints at unaliving thoughts, as he implies he considered using the gun on himself. Over the course of the movie, Brian opens up about the intense pressure he faces.

Stage> Tim faces the pressure of being Robin after Jason.

Tim quickly realized the importance and heaviness of the mantle he had been passed down. All of this, mixed with the constant struggle of having to pull Bruce out of the shadows that grief was causing on him, made him feel the need of having to live up to the image of someone he knew the bat had chosen himself. This led him to have an immense lack of self confidence, now needing to prove to Bruce, Dick, and everyone else involved that he was not Jason, nor he wanted to be. He wanted to be better, but into the eyes of a grieving man, he always fell short.

• Andrew Clark (The Athlete):

Andrew’s father pushes him to be the best, and he feels obligated to live up to that expectation. He is confident and friendly but deeply insecure. His biggest fear is disappointing his father, who only values him for his athletic success. Throughout the movie, Andrew realizes that his self-worth shouldn’t come from his father’s approval.

Stage> Being valued for who he is by Batman.

By this point, Tim had faced many challenges as both himself and as Robin. He was not accepted as Robin at first by Bruce, but eventually, he earned his trust with determination and skills. Batman had to push him, in ways that were completely different from the previous Robins. The detective potential, the strategic nature, the methodical approach. Tim was a natural that Bruce was ultimately proud had found his way to him. And Tim learned not to depend on whatever he was similar or not with the past people who’ve had held the mantle before.

• John Bender (The Criminal):

Sarcastic, rebellious, and aggressive on the outside, but vulnerable and deeply hurt underneath. He uses his tough-guy persona as a shield to protect himself.

He hates authority figures because they remind him of his father. He believes he is destined to fail, as he has never been given a chance to succeed. Over the course of the movie, Bender goes from being hostile and defensive to showing his vulnerability. He shares a heartbreaking story about his father burning him with a cigar, which helps the others understand why he acts the way he does. At the end, as he walks across the football field and raises his fist in the air, it symbolizes his defiance but also his newfound sense of hope.

Stage> Red-Robin era, post-Bruce’s alleged death.

After Bruce was presumed dead and Dick had to assume the mantle of Batman for a while, it began one of the most difficult times for Tim. He not only was disregarded by his own family when he firmly believed that Bruce was still alive, but he was left with a sense of betrayal once Dick decided to take Damian Wayne under his wing as his Robin, removing a mantle he had earned through sweat and tears. He rebelled and went solo, beating people to near death in hopes of finding the truth about what he believed has been a lie, and that Bruce would be found.

Tim doesn’t stay in that dark state of mind permanently, but he struggles with it on and off depending on the circumstances. And just like Bender, once he has been able to let himself show vulnerability despite his family’s troubled relationship, he finds himself receiving support from a new found family in the teams he’s led: Young Justice and the Teen Titans.

[spicy-apple-pie]

He's just a little confused okay??

Commission Info / Kofi (members get comics a week early)

[princeoxca]

game night pt. 2: the return of tim

[astronomic-explorer]

god dc fanon is actually crazy. "dck was gonna put tim in arkham!" BITCH HE TOLD TIM TO GO TO THERAPY 😭

[livingtobethevillain]

LISTEN TO ME RIGHT FUCKING NOW-

TIM DRAKE WAS A BRAINPOP JIMMY NEUTRON AND ANIMANIACS CHILD

DAMIAN IS A WILD KRATTS SONIC AND BEN 10 CHILD

and you best believe they both love Scooby-Doo

THEY ARE BOTH NERDS AND I LOVE THEM

God I'm this close to just going ahead and writing a bio child Tim AU cause oh my God it'd be fantastic

[crimsonkingart]

Happy BDay Tim 🥰🥰 ⠀

[ambriel-angstwitch]

Tim: Bruce, I figured I should be straight with you.

Bruce: What? Tim, I’m very proud of you and support you

Tim: What?

Tim: Oh not that kind of straight! I’m still openly bi. I’m trying to have a serious conversation.

Bruce: Oh

[thevoidisscreamingbackatyou]

reverse robins au's are so fun as a tim stan

like,,, the potential??? amazing

tim as jj? damian being raised by bruce from a young age? bruce not being as nice to tim as he couldve still b/c tim wouldve went up to HIM, likely while the wound of damian leaving(bc him and dick have the same anger issues fr) rather than bruce finding jason.

and then if tim was presumed dead, youd have a sweet street kid and damian trying to bond(and failing) and just

so much potential fhsjnfsj

(we cant forget about dick just straight up being adorable and like the entire family being hit with baby fjskfnsk)

[mylifeingotham]

Batfam as Cats

[frogaroundandfindout]

Shout out to all the Gotham goons with neck problems from all the time they spend looking up and searching for child vigilantes

Their shins aren’t the only things that are bruised

[quotidian-oblivion]

For those of you who know me, you know that writing is my forte. I'm a fanfic writer not a fanfic artist. But! I'm taking a break from reading and writing any fics because of irl stuff SO I decided to try my hand at drawing.

I remembered a fic I read by @a-canceled-stamp which was one of the first fics I read on ao3 and so I blinked and not only was it 2am, but this happened too:

(Ignore how Tim looks like a pale mushroom i'm just starting out and need way more practice I tried my best-) He broke his arm :(

Turn your brightness up for this one!

I'm super proud of the tree especially:

Oh, and here's the fic!

Summary: Okay, fine, no, this hadn’t been part of the plan. This was in all honesty as far away from the plan as one could get. At least the grass was soft.

I LOVE the good dad Bruce in here, it makes me feel so warm and fuzzy inside

[captain-cc-cat]

Nobody:

Tim: If you want to know what it's like to be me, it's like looking both ways before crossing the street, and then getting hit by an airplane.

[spicy-apple-pie]

Damian after coming out of surgery is a weird mixture of paranoid and affectionate.

Commission Info / Kofi

[kultdog]

Timmy timbers

he so squishable he so **shakes him like a child with a barbie doll**

[moaloves]

Tim is such a loser bc wdym you named yourself after your evil multiverse counterpart AND it was your own last name?!

[ejlyt]

Tim drake would sue himself to fix a legal loophole

idk I just think it’s something he’d do